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Last year was when I was finally going to get a good nightâs sleep. My youngest child was turning four, and so the post-midnight disruptions for blanket fixes and stuffed-animal retrieval had ebbed. My work and home life were in predictable rhythms. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, I did hot yoga. I had a firm mattress recommended by many respectable online-review websites.
Instead, a deadly pandemic disrupted the patterns of our days and nights. âCOVID insomniaâ was a breakout Google search from March to today, as was âWhy canât I sleep during quarantine?â Studies from India to Italy indicate that sleep quality has been negatively impacted by COVID-related life changes.